The California Supreme Court recently determined that employees must be paid for tasks they are regularly required to perform for a few minutes before or after their regular work hours. Troester v. Starbucks involved a class action lawsuit against Starbucks by a shift supervisor who was required, after clocking out each day, to send…
An employee claimed he was tricked into accepting job that the employer misrepresented. After being fired, the employee sued the corporation and its two co-founders for fraud, breach of contract, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The employers claimed the employee was at will, and was not owed anything upon…
Employment and business litigation firm Berger, Williams & Reynolds, LLP (BWR) today announced its new firm name and redesigned website. BWR is comprised of partners Harvey Berger, Timothy Williams, and Stephanie Reynolds, and associate Sara Waller. The firm, formerly known as Pope, Berger, Williams & Reynolds, LLP, has developed a remarkable reputation for excellence over…
On December 22, 2016, the California Supreme Court ruled that employers in California must give their employees 10 minutes of work-free rest breaks every four hours or major fraction thereof, and cannot require them to remain on-call and available for duty. In Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc. (“ABM”), Augustus and others sued ABM alleging…
California minimum wages have increased, as have certain local minimum wage rates. Statewide changes also require increases in the salaries paid to exempt employees under California law, or else overtime wages will be owed. These changes will affect millions of workers in California in 2017, and in future years as wage rates continue to increase.
Following a voter referendum in June 2016, San Diego adopted a city-wide minimum wage higher than the California minimum wage, and a sick leave law more protective than state standards. Changes affect every business and every employee working in San Diego and will impact the city’s economy for years to come.
In 2015, California lawmakers enacted an expansive set of paid sick leave requirements that will apply to millions of California workers. Paid sick leave is now mandatory for nearly all private employees, and employers are obligated to continue to restore sick leave year after year.
In a case which has been heavily litigated since 2005, Lee v. Dynamex, Mark Pope and co-counsel have succeeded in convincing the Court of Appeal to uphold a trial court’s denial of a nationwide courier company’s motion to decertify a class of delivery drivers who were mis-classified as independent contractors. The case was accepted for…
